S.C.U.M have been somewhat favourites at Converse Music for a little while now, not only for the fact they are producing diverse music at such a young age, but namely because when it comes to making music this band are set on carving a new path in creative and innovative music making. Currently on a mini European tour with The Horrors, SCUM are taking the opportunity of being on the road to bring the masses their latest musical creations in the form of SIGNALS…..
Emerging Proms at Camden Roundhouse, 29/10/09 – Patten & Cut Up Collective
- Hannah J Davies
Would I know an electronic gem if it hit me in the head with a Casio keyboard? Probably not. But I do possess common sense, which is a pretty cool thing too. If a song is more than about five minutes, [...]
ONE’S TO CHECK OUT: GOLD PANDA + TWO TRACKS FOR YOU TO DOWNLOAD!!!
On a recent meandering night out catching various gigs, Converse Music stumbled upon a little electro gem one night not long ago in the form of Gold Panda. From beginning to end Gold panda pricked up our ears and drew us in [...]
I first came across Dance For Burgess when first single ‘Boy’ landed in my hands. A new wave garage rock effort, with hints of Magazine mixed in with Black Lips. The Milan-based troupe is back, after a quick band line-up shift and one drum machine later ‘Marinetti’ came, as did a more subdued DFB. Not [...]
Made up of Matt Frazier (drums), Andy Hamm (bassist), Ryan Hahn (guitar, vocals), Taylor Rice (vocals, guitar), Kelcey Ayer (vocals, keyboards), this trendy, bearded and hairy five some are another one of the great bands coming out of America at the moment. Described by some as having ‘the rhythmic lightness of Vampire Weekend, the hippie-barbershop [...]
THE DRUMS – RELEASE NEW EP SUMMERTIME
Taking the unlikely templates of 50s surf-rock and Factory Records as inspiration latest American based band the Drums couldn’t have timed the release of their EP ‘Summertime’ this week any better. With the nights getting dark and the temperature getting colder, The Drums EP is the perfect pick [...]
NME Radar Tour, Thekla, Bristol, 08/10/09
It says a lot about the music industry when the NME has two new band tours in one year; i.e. there’s a hell of a lot of new talent out there. This tour in particular also made one other subtle point: this talent mainly comes from America.
With Marina in the [...]
3 years ago we brought you The Heavy when they played the first ever Conversemusic.co.uk gig on the launch night at the Carling academy Islington, last week Converse Music and a lucky few of you comp winners went to see the guys again for the launch night of their second album ‘The House That Built [...]
Strike The Colours is the solo project from Malcolm Middleton’s long-term collaborator Jenny Reeve, (plus members of Idlewild, Alistair Roberts’ and Emma Pollock’s bands). Out on Monday 28th September ‘Seven Roads’ is the much-anticipated second album and after the success of the debut album ‘The face That Sunk a Thousand Ships’ Reeve once again proves [...]
EXCLUSIVE TRACK ‘SAY’ FROM THE FEDERALS AVAILABLE IN THE DOWNLOADS SECTION NOW!!
With a shared love for The Stooges, BRMC and Jack White, three lads from York in the form of James Feakes (vocals/guitar), Jack Jewers (bass), and Jack Holdstock (drums) came together on a sunny afternoon in 2008 to form the band ‘The Federals’. [...]
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